My 3 Ph 1/2 hp motor convert works

[ibedonc]

follow up from here

http://www.fieldlines.com/story/2004/7/28/152439/834

this was my first one , used my lathe to slot the rotor to fit the Neo's list in previous story , grouped them 4 norths and 4 souths 3 north poles 3 south poles , matched the coils perfect , only a small amount of clogging and at 500 rpm on my lathe one ph puts out 75 volts and lights a 67 watt bulb (that is all I had ) I wired it for 230 volt

Jerry , do you think 4 of your 5 ft blades would be enough and do I need bigger

[hiker]

you might want to toss those little 8amp rectifiers--your alt. will most likly

fry them under a good load..50 amp rectifiers cost only a couple bucks--and

theres  a hole in the center to mount them on a heat sink...glad to hear you

POWERED UP.............

[hiker]

sorry this should have gone to arc,

[TomW]

Hey, ADMIN;

Do me a huge favor and shorten that intro line with the html in it it messes up the fp for me and I have to scroll sideways to see the boxes on this laptop.

Thanks.

T

[Jessum Dumguy]

It's not just you and your laptop TomW, I've been trying to

figure out what I'VE screwed up in my settings to cause it...

Sorry you got problems but I'm acctually glad someone

else does this time.  It's not me !!!  

 :-)

Jessum

[arc]

Hi WILD IN ALASKA,

I will order some higher amperage bridge rectifiers online.

I picked these up from Radio Shack for bench testing, they had some 25A ones too, but they were more expensive and not exactly what I was looking for.

One of my concerns is the Voltage Drop, so I hope to find a happy medium that will do the job but still work well under low wind conditions.

Got any good links for places to look online?

Thanks for the suggestion,

arc